419 scam: "Engr. Edward Nana Ofori" <vearr@quartz.ocn.ne.jp> Business Proposal,

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- oforiedward733@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr. Edward Nana Ofori" <vearr@quartz.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Engr. Edward Nana Ofori" <oforiedward733@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:02:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Business Proposal,

Eng. Edward Nana Ofori
Director of Contract Award
And Review Ministry Of Energy
Plot 208 Castle Road
Osu, Accra Ghana.

Dear friend,
I am sorry for contacting you via this mode of communication without your permision when i have not had personal/business dealings with you before.
I am Engineer Edward Nana Ofori, Director of Contracts Award and Review Ministry of Energy (MOE) Ghana. I am contacting you for an urgent and important personal business proposal which will be beneficial to you and I without any risk attached.
Firstly, i need to know if I can trust you as a partner for this proposal, though we are in two different world apart, but that is what I actually need in a partner, a posetive minded person from another country that can be trusted.
Please do revert back to me if you think we can work together in good faith, as this will enable me explain the details of my proposal to you.

Kindly send me your direct telephone number and full names in your reply to enable us talk in confidence about this proposal.
Note that if my proposal does not meet your consent standard, I will appeal that you delete the email and disregard the content immediately.
Thank you in anticipation of your good response.
Best Regards!

Eng. Edward Nana Ofori
Email:oforiedward733@yahoo.com

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam